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Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London
Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London by William Bridge, late preacher of the word of God at Yarmouth.Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London by Willam Bridge, late preacher of the word of God at Yarmouth.
London: printed for Nath. Crouch, 1668
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Sermon 3: The way to obtain a sure and great Reward. SERM. III.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Truly that reward is great, and I am not able to speak it; it requires the unwearied hand and arm of Eternity, to tell over all the wealth of glory that the suffering people of God shall have in the world to come. Only thus much I'll say, and briefly.
Truly that reward is great, and I am not able to speak it; it requires the unwearied hand and arm of Eternity, to tell over all the wealth of glory that the suffering people of God shall have in the world to come. Onely thus much I'll say, and briefly.
First of all, That reward that you that are suffering Saints shall have in the world to come, it shall be an open reward: for, saith Christ, he that confesseth me before men, him will I confess also before my Father, &c.
Secondly, it shall be a comfortable reward: for, saith the book of the Revelations, Then all tears shall be wiped out of your eyes. He doth not say, From your eyes, or from your cheeks; no, but they shall be wiped out of your eyes. So that the eyes shall be then such a womb as shall never breed a tear again. All tears shall be wiped not from your eyes, but out of your eyes. So in Rev. 7.